The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction （OER） is an important half-reaction of the electrochemical water-splitting reaction. Amorphous Fe/Ni composite oxides have high activity. In this work, we modified the aerosol ...The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction （OER） is an important half-reaction of the electrochemical water-splitting reaction. Amorphous Fe/Ni composite oxides have high activity. In this work, we modified the aerosol spray-assisted approach and obtained amorphous Fe-Ni-Ox solid-solution nanoparticles （Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs） approximately 20 nm in size by choosing iron/nickel acetylacetonates as raw materials instead of inorganic salts. The small-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD） analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDX）, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. Furthermore, an investigation of electrochemical OER performance suggests that the small-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs have higher activity than the large-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-MPs. A small overpotential of 0.315 V was demanded to obtain a working current density of 50 mA/cm2, and the Tafel slope was as low as 38 mWdec.展开更多
文摘The sluggish oxygen evolution reaction （OER） is an important half-reaction of the electrochemical water-splitting reaction. Amorphous Fe/Ni composite oxides have high activity. In this work, we modified the aerosol spray-assisted approach and obtained amorphous Fe-Ni-Ox solid-solution nanoparticles （Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs） approximately 20 nm in size by choosing iron/nickel acetylacetonates as raw materials instead of inorganic salts. The small-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, transmission electron microscopy （TEM）, X-ray diffraction （XRD） analysis, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy （EDX）, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy （XPS）. Furthermore, an investigation of electrochemical OER performance suggests that the small-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-NPs have higher activity than the large-sized Fe-Ni-Ox-MPs. A small overpotential of 0.315 V was demanded to obtain a working current density of 50 mA/cm2, and the Tafel slope was as low as 38 mWdec.
